[This topic is part of the Microsoft Azure Storage Client Library 1.7, which has been deprecated. See
Storage Client Library for the latest version.]
Gets the blob's user-defined metadata.
Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll)
Usage
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Dim instance As CloudBlob
Dim value As NameValueCollection
value = instance.Metadata
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Syntax
| Visual Basic |
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Public Property Metadata As NameValueCollection |
| C# |
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public NameValueCollection Metadata { get; } |
| C++ |
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public:
property NameValueCollection^ Metadata {
NameValueCollection^ get ();
} |
Property Value
Type:
System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollectionThe metadata of the blob.
Example
The following code example writes metadata to a blob.
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static void WriteBlobMetadata(Uri blobEndpoint, string accountName, string accountKey)
{
// Create service client for credentialed access to the Blob service.
CloudBlobClient blobClient =
new CloudBlobClient(blobEndpoint, new StorageCredentialsAccountAndKey(accountName, accountKey));
// Return a blob reference.
CloudBlob blob = new CloudBlob("mycontainer/myblob.txt", blobClient);
// Write some text to the blob.
blob.UploadText("this is a text blob");
// Define some metadata for the blob.
blob.Metadata["category"] = "images";
blob.Metadata["owner"] = "azureix";
// Write the metadata to the service.
blob.SetMetadata();
}
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Remarks
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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